UNIVERSITY OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL-RECOLETOS

Bacolod City
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
PAASCU Accredited
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES DEPARTMENT
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
JRIZAL 030
Summer, Academic Year 2020-2021

Instructions:
Please read carefully the instructions before deciding to write your answers. Write your
family name, first (in capital letters) followed by your first name and middle initial.

TEST 1. Modified TRUE or False. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If FALSE,
change the underlined word/s to make it correct. (35 points)

1. The main proponent of Rizal law is Jose P. Laurel.

2. Rizal Law was approved on June 12, 1966.

3. The Rizal was published in the Official Gazette Volume 32, No. 6 p.2971.

4.The Rizal Law is known a Republic Act 1235.

5. The Rizal Law was passed fifty years after Rizal’s death.

6. Opposing views and conflicting interests made the passage of Rizal Bill (Senate
no.444).

7.The oppositionists of the Rizal Law includes Francisco Soc Rodrigo, Mariano Jesus
Cuenco and Decoroso Rosales.

8. It was the Senate Committee on Education that sponsored the Bill.

9. The school is recognized as a powerful agent for cultural transmission.

10. Senator Jose P. Laurel accommodated the objectives of the Catholic Church.

11. The life, works and writings of Dr. Jose Rizal is the only mandated –legislated,
three-unit course in college but it has been treated as petty or filler course.

12.The Bill specified that any college student would have the option of reading the
expurgated versions of Rizal’s novels.

13. There are preamble and purposes in the revised version of Rizal Law.

14. In the Revised version of Rizal Law, it is only limited to reading the Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo.

15. Literature is a reflection of the society.

16. Obeying the laws and paying taxes are examples of nationalism.

17. Hagiography is a strong admiration, an adulatory or a fanaticism of a person’s life.

18. Being proud as a Filipino, speaking the language and patronizing the Filipino
. products are examples of patriotism.

19. Literature mirrors the good values and ills of the society.

20. The danger or hazard in translation is the distortion of the true meaning of a
literary piece.

21. The Spaniards and the Spanish mestizos did not pay the tribute.

22. Rizal was considered the seventh generation Chinese Mestizo.

23. The Chinese paid the lowest among the three categories in paying the tribute.

24. The Indios, Chinese and Chinese Mestizos were considered paying classes.

TEST 2. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Who authored the Rizal Law?

a. Jose P. Laurel c. Francisco Soc Rodrigo
b. Mariano Jesus Cuenco d. Claro M. Recto

2. When was the Rizal Law passed?

a. June 12, 1896 b. June 12, 1946 c. June 12, 1956 d. June 12, 1966

3. Rizal’s status as a hero was made by the acclamation of:

a. Spanish Friars b. Governor-General c. Jose P. Laurel d. Filipino people

4. For how long a person is finally conferred as a hero?

a. forty years after his death c. fifty years after his death
b. sixty years after his death d. seventy years after his death

5. Why did the Catholic church oppose the passage of Rizal Law?
a. It showed a disrespect to the Filipino people.
b. It displayed racial discrimination.
c. It was anti-Catholic.
d. It promoted unfair labor practices.

6. Which is NOT the objective of Rizal law?

a. Sovereignty b. Nationalism c. Intellectual Development d. Patriotism

7. Presently the National Historical Institute is named as:

a. National Historical Culture and Arts
b. National Institute Historical for Culture and Arts
c. National Historical Commission Institute
d. National Historical Commission of the Philippines

8. What movement was established by Ilustrados that exposed the conditions of the
Philippines and asked for reforms from Spain?
a. La Independencia c. Propaganda de San Jose
b. Propogacion de fides d. La Liga Filipina

9. What is the legal basis of including the study of life, works and writings of Dr, Jose Rizal in
 the curriculum of high school and college?
a. RA 2335 b. RA 1425 c. RA2514 d. RA1525

10. What was the real surname of the Rizal family?

a. Alonso b. Realonda c. Lamco d. Mercado

11. Who were the Filipinos who gained wealth from renting huge lands as haciendas owned
by the Friars?
a. Mestizos b. Insulares c. Inquilinos d. Indios Bravos

12. Which statement in the term “Filipino” is NOT true?

a. It is a term which the inhabitants of the Philippines gradually learned to equate with
racial equality, human dignity and love of country.
b. it is a term label which gradually became associated with the Ilustrados during Rizal’s
time.
c. It is a derogatory term for the native inhabitants as used by the Spaniards.
d. It is the name associated with Spaniards born in the Philippines.

13. What is the complete name of Dr. Jose Rizal?

a. Jose Potenciano Rizal Mercado Alonso y Realonda
b. Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonso Y Realonda
c. Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado Realonda Y Alonso
d. Jose Mercado Rizal Alonso Y Realonda

14. What first poem in native language written by Rizal at the age of eight which reveals his
earliest nationalist sentiment?
a. Philippines, A Century hence c. Ang Kabataan
b. Sa Aking mga Kabata d. Ang Gamo-gamo

15. What place was named after a big native jar?

a. Binan b. Calamba c. Tondo d. Kawit

16. What religious orders owned huge lands or haciendas in Rizal’s place?
a. Augustinian b. Dominican c. Thomasites d. Salesians

17. How did the 1812 Cavite Mutiny and the execution of The GOMBURZA affect the Filipino?
a. These events discourages the Filipinos from forming organizations that advocate
reform or independence.
b. These events threatened the Filipinos not to rebel against the Spanish rule.
c. These events were viewed by the Filipinos as a form of indignation and injustice of
Spaniards to the Filipinos.
d. These events made the Filipinos realized the power of Spain and pledged their loyalty
to the Spanish colonial rule.

18. Which event paved the way for the influx of liberal ideas from Europe and influenced the
emergence of Filipino consciousness?
a. The Secularization Movement c. the Emergence of Middle Class
b. The 1872 Cavite Mutiny d. The Opening of Suez Canal

19. What school is run by the Jesuits Order which cater to the rich, the powerful, and the
most intelligent students?
a. Universidad de Sto Tomas c. Ateneo Municipal de Manila
b. Colegio de San Juan de Letran d. Escuela Pia de Manila
20. Why did Rizal take up medicine?
a. Because of his mother’s impending blindness.
b. Because his father suffered diabetes.
c. Because most of the people in Calamba have eye cataracts.
d. Because he has strong interest in human eye.

21. What was Rizal’s medical specialization?

a. optometry b. ophthalmology c. epidemiology d. Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat (EENT)

22. Aside from his charm and personality, women were drawn to Rizal’s …
a. education and wealth c. wealth and influence
b. wit and intelligence d. stature and flair for clothes

23. Which school Rizal finds racially discriminated the Filipino students and the method of
teaching were obsolete and repressive?
a. Universidad de Sto Tomas c. Ateneo Municipal de Manila
b. Colegio de San Juan de Letran d. Escuela Pia de Manila

24. Who encouraged Rizal to go abroad and study?

a. Antonio Rivera, his uncle c. Padre Pablo Ramon, a rector
c. Donya Teodora Alonso, his mother d. the Ilustrados

25. Who heads the Executive branch of the government during the Spanish period?
a. Corregidor b. Cabildo c. Gobernador d. Cabeza de Barangay

26. What theory holds that the state is of divine creation and the ruler is ordained by God to
govern the people?
a. Big Bang Theory b. Theory of Evolution c. Divine Right Theory d. Concept theory

27. Who prescribed external vigilance on the part of the government against their rulers?
a. Thomas Hobbes b. Jean Piaget c. Jean Jacques Rousseau d. G.W. F. Hegel

28. What theory contends that while the rulers have the obligation to look after the general
welfare of the people, the people has also the obligation to support the ruler?
a. Structural Theory c. Pragmatic Theory
b. Contractual Theory d. Social Contract Theory

29. Whose policy extends the rule or authority of a nation over foreign countries or acquiring
colonies and dependencies?
a. Council of Colonizers b. Council of Trent c. Council for Trade d. Council of Friars

30. Who claimed that man by nature is selfish, cruel and always seeking self- gratification?
a. G.W.F. Hegel b. Thomas Hobbes c. Jean Jaccques Rousseau d. Alexander Pope

31. Who believes that” The Pen is mightier than the Sword?”
a. Thomas Hobbes b. William Shakespeare c. Francois Marie Aronet d. Robert Frost

32. What form of government run by the Friars?

a. Democracy b. Frailocracy c. Anarchy d. Autocracy

33. Who hated all forms of authority and believed that society must be organized by
spontaneous cooperation and association?
a. John Locke b. Michael Bakunin c. Jean Jacques Rousseau d. Thomas Hobbes
34. What ideology geared toward the total development of man?
a. Individualism b. Humanitarianism c. Pantheism d. Humanism

35. What belief or theory pointed out that God and the Universe are identical?
a. Frailocracy b. Pantheism c. Deism d. Individualism

36. Who advocated destruction of the old set-up for the creation of a new one, ascertaining
That the new set-up will be better than the previous one?
a. Thomas Hopkins b. Thomas Hobbes c. G.W.F. Hegel d. Michael Bakunin

37. What precept opens avenues for fulfillment of ambition, talents and expression f elf and
Individuality?
a. Egoism b. Individualism c. Humanism d. Humanitarianism

38. What refers to rejection of clerical authority, miracles and mysteries?

a. Deism b. Pantheism c. Ascetism d. Humanism

39. What advocates respect or protection of human’s basic rights?

a. Humanism b. Ascetism c. individualism d. humanitarianism

40. What refers to an abandonment of worldly pursuits?

a. Ascetism b. Deism c. Humanism d. Pantheism

41. What administrative body exercised executive, legislative and judicial powers?
a. Sangre’ de Govierno c. Consejo de Mestizos
b. Consejo de Indies d. Consejo de Primero

42. What contract or compromise between the Conservatives and the Liberals to alternate in
the control of their territories?
a. Pacto de Pardo b. Pacto de Blanco c. Pacto de mestizos d. Pacto de Brillo

43. What governing body endeavored to legislate moral reforms among the clergy?
A. Council of Trent b. Council of Friars c. Council of Governors d. Council of Trade

44. Who assigned half of the world’s hemisphere to Spain and the other to Portugal for
colonization?
a. Queen Elizabeth 1 b. Pope Alexander VI c. Henry Viii d. Pope Pius

45. What religious movement was against the abuses of the Catholic church?
a. Social Contract theory c. Revolucion de Hijos
b. Reformation d. Propagacion de Fides

46. Who spearheaded the 16th century religious movement?

a. Benjamin franklin b. Michael Bakunin c. Martin Luther King d. Pope Alexander VI

47. What political system has a wide discretionary powers on the imposition or withholding
of the Royal Orders by the governor general?
a. Council of Trent b. Cumplase c. Pacto de Pardo d. Consejo de Indies

48. What advocacy believes that religious influence should be restricted in education,
morality, politics and economics?
a. Reformation b. Secularism c. Liberalism d. Ascetism

49. What political philosophy characterized by progressive rather than conservative

 attitude?
a. Seculariam b. Liberalism c. Humanism d. Individualism

50. What refers to the Spanish rule?

a. Las Siete Partidas b. Las Piedras Platas c. Las Siete Consejp d. Consejo de indies

51. What body composed of the Audiencia and the incoming governor that investigate one’s
predecessor for acts of graft and corruption?
a. Royal Audiencia b. Residencia c. Visita d. Cumplase

52. What is the supreme court of the colony and an advisory body to the governor general?
a. Audiencia b. Royal Audeincia c. Cumplase d. Residencia

53. What is the lawmaking body of Spain?

a. Royal Audiencia b. Cumplase c. Spanish Cortes d. Corte Suprema

54. What term is used to refer to a person of mixed Chines and indigenous or Indio
ancestry?
a. Spanish Mestizos b. Chinese Mestizos c. Mestizo de Sangley d. Mestizos

55. What is the birthdate of Dr. Jose Rizal?

a. June 16, 1891 b. June 19, 1861 c. June 18 1871 d. June 19, 1871

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